Abstract
Press reportage in Pakistani English newspapers is a great source of
public education. It narrates every topic ranging from news to
literature. The present study tries to explore the linguistic variation
across press reportage in Pakistani print media by conducting
multi-dimensional analysis based on Biber’s (1988) textual
dimensions, which is regarded as the best alternative approach to
analyzing register variation studies. Statistical linguistic differences
have been found among newspapers on each sub-category of
Pakistani press reportage on Biber’s (1988) textual dimensions. The
analysis of the study reveal that the language of The Frontier Post
newspaper is most distinct on all Biber’s (1988) textual dimensions.
Findings also reveal, that unlike British Press reportage, Pakistani
press reportage is more informational, narrative, explicit, covert in
persuasion and there is more abstract discourse production.
Dr. Sajid Ahmad, Dr. Sajid Ali. (2017) Linguistic Variation across Press Reportage in Pakistani Print Media: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis, Journal of Media Studies, Volume 32, Issue 2.
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